User's Manual

ERMINOLOGY

Infrastructure – An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an

Infrastructure configuration.

Management Frame – Control frame for establishing a link between an

access point and a client station. It includes Beacon, Probe,

Authentication, and Association frames.

MSDUs – MAC Service Data Units.

MMPDUs – MAC Management Protocol Data Units.

Roaming – A wireless LAN mobile user moves around an ESS and

maintains a continuous connection to the Infrastructure network.

RTS Threshold – Transmitters contending for the medium may not be

aware of each other. RTS/CTS mechanism can solve this “Hidden Node

Problem.” If the packet size is smaller than the preset RTS Threshold size,

the RTS/CTS mechanism will NOT be enabled.

USB – The Universal Serial Bus allows complete Plug and Play connection

of peripheral devices to a computer.

WEP – “Wired Equivalent Privacy” is based on the use of 64-bit or

128-bit keys and the popular RC4 encryption algorithm. Wireless devices

without a valid WEP key are excluded from network traffic.